ESTCP has selected thirty-six new start projects to begin in FY 2017. These projects responded to the FY 2017 ESTCP Environmental Technologies and Installation Energy and Water solicitations. Topics addressed by these projects include management and remediation of chemical contaminants;  energy efficiency in military buildings; improved water use for industrial operations; munitions response in underwater environments; management of fugitive dust emissions; intercomparison of ecosystem models,  and green manufacturing and maintenance of weapons systems and platforms.

The tables below list the FY 2017 ESTCP new start projects for Environmental Restoration, Energy and WaterMunitions ResponseResource Conservation and Resiliency, and Weapons Systems and Platforms. As project overviews become available, links from the project numbers will be provided below. Information on these and other SERDP and ESTCP projects is also available under Program Areas

Environmental Restoration

ER-201726

Validation of Advanced Molecular Biological Tools to Monitor Chlorinated Solvent Bioremediation and Estimate CVOC Degradation Rates

Dr. Mandy Michalsen

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

ER-201727

Derivation and Demonstration of an Environmentally Relevant Approach for Stormwater Toxicity Testing Compliance Monitoring

Ms. Marienne Colvin

SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific

ER-201728

Distributed Low-Energy Wastewater Treatment (D-LEWT) for Fuel Generation and Water Reuse

Dr. Kathryn Guy

ERDC-CERL

ER-201729

Field Demonstration to Enhance PFAS Degradation and Mass Removal Using Thermally-Enhanced Persulfate Oxidation Followed by Pump-and-Treat

Dr. John Kornuc

NAVFAC EXWC

ER-201730

Development of a Quantitative Framework for Evaluating Natural Attenuation of 1,1,1-TCA, 1,1-DCA, 1,1-DCE, and 1,4-Dioxane in Groundwater

Mr. Anthony Danko

NAVFAC EXWC

ER-201731

Development of a Decision Support Tool for Vadose Zone Remediation of Volatile Contaminants

Ms. Jennifer Segura

NAVFAC EXWC

ER-201732

Demonstration and Validation of New Non-Invasive Technology to Assess Contaminant Storage in Low Permeability Media and Rock Matrix

Mr. Steven Hammett

NAVFAC EXWC

ER-201733

Evaluation of A Novel Multiple Primary Substrate (MPS) Cometabolic Biosparging Technology for In Situ Bioremediation of 1,4-Dioxane and Chlorinated Solvents in Groundwater

Mr. Anthony Danko

NAVFAC EXWC

ER-201734

High Resolution Passive Profiling to monitor contaminated sediments in support of remediation evaluation and risk characterization

Dr. William Jackson

Texas Tech University

ER-201735

Standardization of Polymeric Sampling for Measuring Freely Dissolved Organic Contaminant Concentrations in Sediment Porewater

Dr. Mandy Michalsen

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Energy and Water

EW-201715

Advanced Pressure Regulating Valves to Reduce Water Loss at DoD Industrial Installations 

Mr. Gary Anguiano

Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center

EW-201716

DoD Aircraft Facilities: Lighting for High Mast, Bay, and Apron

Mr. John Byrnes

USAF

EW-201717

Next Generation Advanced High-efficiency DX Air Conditioner Demonstration

Dr. Michael West

Advantek Consulting Engineering, Inc.

EW-201718

Validating the Digital Lumens LED Lighting Control Retrofit

Mr. Bryan Urban

Fraunhofer USA Inc.

EW-201719

Demonstration and Cost Analysis of an Acoustic Building Infiltration Measurement System 

Dr. Ralph Muehleisen

Argonne National Laboratory

EW-201720

Intelligent Building Management with Holistic Digital Lighting

Mr. Jan Zirnstein

Honeywell International Inc.

EW-201721

High-Performance Air-source Cold Climate Heat Pump (CCHP)

Dr. Ahmad Mahmoud

United Technologies Research Center

EW-201722

Cree SmartCast® lighting retrofit demonstration: LED fixtures and controls for advanced holistic lighting solutions

Mr. Dan Cautley

Seventhwave

EW-201723

Hygroscopic Cooling Tower for Reduced HVAC Water Consumption

Dr. Christopher Martin

University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center

EW-201724

Nanofiber-Based Low Energy Consuming HVAC Air Filters

Dr. Jayesh Doshi

eSpin Technologies, Inc.

EW-201725

Develop and Integrate a DC HVAC system to an existing DC Microgrid DoD Installation

Mr. John Saussele

Robert Bosch LLC

Munitions Response

MR-201712

Man-portable Bottom Mobility Platform for UXO Investigations

Mr. Arnis Mangolds

C-2i, Inc

MR-201713

Efficient and Secure Cloud Computing for UXO Classification and Project Management

Dr. Dean Keiswetter

Acorn SI

MR-201714

Demonstration of AUV-Based Structural Acoustic Look-Down and Side-Look Sonars for Underwater Buried UXO Detection and Classification

Dr. Brian Houston

Naval Research Laboratory

Resource Conservation and Resiliency

RC-201700

Mapping, Optimization of Controls, and Reduction of Fence Line Impacts of Fugitive Dust Emissions from DoD Roads, Trails, and Training Areas: Demonstration of Tools in Practical Applications

Dr. John Gillies

Dust-Solve LLC

RC-201702

Ecosystem Model Comparison at Multiple Scales and Sites

Dr. Robert Scheller

Portland State University

RC-201703

Ecosystem Model Intercomparison and Applications

Dr. Shuguang Liu

USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center

RC-201704

Automated Benthic Ecology System (ABES)

Mrs. Cheryl Ann Cooke

Space & Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific

RC-201705

Demonstration of Aerial Detection Technology to Inventory DoD Installations for Threatened, Endangered, and at-Risk Bat Species

Dr. Eric Britzke

U.S. Army ERDC

RC-201706

Demonstration of Subsurface Passive Acoustic Monitoring (SPAM) to Survey for and Estimate Populations of Imperiled Underwater-Calling Frogs

Dr. Brett DeGregorio

ERDC-CERL

RC-201707

Estimating the Density of Secretive, At-Risk Snake Species on Department of Defense Installations Using an Innovative Approach: IDEASS

Dr. Brett DeGregorio

ERDC-CERL

Weapons Systems and Platforms

WP-201708

Demonstration of High Shear Rotary Membrane System (HSRMS) for Shipboard Bilgewater Treatment

Ms. Danielle Paynter

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD)

WP-201709

Environmentally-Preferred and Improved (Rapid) Laser Coating Removal Process for the Safe Removal of Coatings from Composite Substrates

Mr. Randy Straw

USAF

WP-201710

Corrosion Monitoring System to Reduce Environmental Burden and Corrosion Maintenance Costs

Mr. Michael Jones

USAF

WP-201711

Sustainable Methods for the Synthesis of High Temperature Thermosetting Resins

Dr. Benjamin Harvey

Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division